Originally Posted by
prgboy
I had the opposite problem in 2018, flying CHS-ATL-SRQ. I needed to check one bag only to ATL as I was meeting a friend at the airport and wanted to give him a couple of wine bottles I was carrying from Europe.
One way around this, that I've had done before several times, is to clear a CARNET at customs.
I always call to have the information added to my record, then when I get denied at the counter, they check the record for the notes and see that it's literally a legal reason that I have to go to the customs office in ATL or LAX to get stamped before leaving the country.
But yes, they will vehemently tell me that it can't be done, until they check the record and/or call a super over.